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    What installation method is this - which one of these electricians is wrong ?

    Hi My company recently required an electrician to install a new 32A 400V socket in our workshop. The guy who did the job, installed 32A, 3-pole circuit braker, type C and 2.5mm SWA cable, as he was confident to use the installation method reference 'E' in his calculations. The thing is, that...
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    Switch Placing

    Hi Chaps, Quick and simple question I'm sure for most of you: Is there a minimum distance from a door frame for a light switch? Was measuring up today and have marked them up 150mm from the doors.. Purely with safe zones in mind (I know this isn't a safe zone) Thanks
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    Volts drop too high...

    I have installed Ring Final Circuit in 2.5 LOR 120m protected by 32A breaker Volt drop calcs - 18mv/a/m x 32A x 120m / 1000 = 69. So the volts drop is 69 volts? which is way over the stated 3 or 5 %. Am I diong this corectly and if so what can I do about the volts drop? Cheers
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    Anyont tell me what's wrong.....

    with this ?
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    Kitchen wiring - please tell me if I'm wrong....

    Hi, I need your advice again I have a flat to do: Old CU, old wires colour, kitchen radial 4mm To do - rewire kitchen, new CU I checked the installation, will not trip the RCD ;) Now the question - I would like for my peace of mind run new cable from CU for the kitchen circuit, but the...
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    Born in the wrong decade

    I wish i had of been a teenager through the 80's. I love all the rock music like Guns n Roses, Poison, AC/DC, Motley Crue etc. Most of todays music is terrible! for instance how could Gangnam Style ever of made it to number one? Another thing is it was probably the last decade to create a decent...
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    sorry if wrong section- help with Q on inductive reactance - revision homework

    hi all, can someone if the following answer is correct. would as teacher but 2 days till class. a coil of inductance of 0.2H is connected across a 230V 50Hz supply. What will be the current flowing in the circuit, if we assume that there is no resistance? XL= 2pie fL XL= 2pie * 50 * 0.2 =...
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    Complies but Somthing is wrong

    Hi all did a board change today, tested before fitting new 17th board and was getting a Ze of 68.3 High 60s on my ring finals etc...... Now with Rcd protection the maxium permitted Zs is 1667 but anything above 200ohms should be investigated. The problem is defiantly external, I isolated the...
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    1.0mm against 1.5mm T&E lighting circuit

    Hi, to one and all, my first posting, as the title suggests, what do people think about the differences between the cables, I know that the circuits should be carefully designed and considered, insulation in lofts/walls, length of runs etc, but to my mind it should be 1.5mm. The cable...
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    So is anything actually wrong with this picture...?

    This is a mate's 'fuse board' they asked me to come and look at. Now I fixed a couple of hall lights but anything involving anything on that board - WAY out my depth yet, wouldn't want to try a whole rewire anywhere myself, let alone on this. It all seems functional - and I'm assuming most...
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    Cooker circuit to ring.?

    Hi All, First post for me so be kind out there. Your comments would be appreciated. Doing a periodic/EICR on a rented house and found new kitchen fitted, old cooker circuit was terminated into JB on top of units and ring circuit taken from here by 2X 2.5 cables to feed 4 sockets and boiler...
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    Can't get my post accepted -what's wrong

    Hi - I've just joined - great forum - tried to post a long message/question but it will not have it - says 'denied' so just thought I'd try saying brilliant information and advice on here thanks. Will try again later but when denied it wipes the post and thats really annoying after spending...

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